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The Canterbury Tales; (newly revised for this edition) by Chaucer, Geoffrey; done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill - 1978

by Chaucer, Geoffrey; done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill

The Canterbury Tales; (newly revised for this edition) by Chaucer, Geoffrey; done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill - 1978

The Canterbury Tales; (newly revised for this edition)

by Chaucer, Geoffrey; done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill

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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Tan leather-bound hardcover with intricate gold-gilt decoration on front. Perfect condition. Three raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Gilt decoration also on rear and spine. Moire endpapers. Reading ribbon sewn in. 8vo. 550 pp. A book in the Easton Press series, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Heavy--may require additional postage for for shipping outside the U.S.

  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The Easton Press
  • Place of Publication Norwalk, CT
  • Date Published 1978
  • Keywords The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written; Collector's Edition
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The Canterbury Tales

by Chaucer, Geoffrey; done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill and newly revised for this edition; with miniatures by Arthur Szyk

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Very Good Plus
Edition
Signed Limited Edition; First Edition Thus
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
New York, New York, United States
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$150.00

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New York: The Limited Editions Club; The George Macy Companies, Inc., 1946. Signed Limited Edition; First Edition Thus. Quarter Leather over Decorated Paper on Boards; with slipcase. Very Good Plus. Copy No. 5 of limited edition of 1,500; signed by Arthur Szyk. xx, 550, [2] pp. With color plate illustrations for each character and a double sided illustration for the entire group in the front, all done by Szyk in his highly original, ornate, appealingly lurid, Durer-esque manner. Clean and tight. With paper decoration of a Medieval-style diaper featuring a quattrofoil and cameo within. Some wear to leather, more pronounced at tips, and somewhat gouped up at lower rear gutter where a clumsy restoration might have been attempted. Still attractive overall. Some edgewear to the slipcase, which as a box retains functional integrity and remains handsome, with similar diaper pattern to boards but a bit darkened.
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$150.00

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